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[spyro25]

or at least their opinion or letter pages anyway. the most depressing threads on daves are responses to the trash written by Heur or the other one and printed and published by these papers. i think it would do the entire expat community the world of good to just simply NOT read them anymore.

also, KHerald, if you are reading this - don't you have any input about the trash that gets published in these sections?

So - List of those who boycott KT / KH :

Spyro25
(feel free to add your name to this)

[Straphanger]

[sarbonn]

The problem with the Korea Times is not what they choose to publish. The problem is the fact that they have so little choice of what they can publish. It's pretty similar to when I was an opinion editor of a university newspaper. Some days, you were lucky if you had enough content to fill the page just because no one wanted to write anything. You'd have to cajole and convince people to write.

The Korea Times feels that way because they seem to publish most of what they get (aside from criticism of individuals or complaints about previous articles). I sent in one article and it was published a week or so later. That's when I started to realize they're probably in a crunch time mode with most of their content and will publish pretty much anything, as long as it has a bit of merit to it.

The point is there's probably not a slant to it at all. The reason they publish so much by the same people is because those same people keep sending in stuff. It seems as simple as that.

The only advantage the Korea Times has over most other local newspapers is that it's in English. It's not a very good newspaper, and if the New York Times or some larger newspaper competed internationally, it would have zero chance of survival. I read it when I first came over here, but then I started to realize that almost every article is identical to one I've read before, and any news is mainly AP or similar content picked up off a reader. The "local" information seems regurgitated and overdone because honestly, there's not a lot going on in Korea that's really all that interesting.

[Straphanger]

[Jane]

The KT and the KH are rags. Really, people.

The International Herald Tribune is the best English newpaper all the way, hands down. And, if you are looking for the latest trash going on in Korea, it comes with a copy of the English JoongAng Daily insert inside.

I'm tired of reading about how bad the two aforementioned rags are. Do yourself a favour and start reading the IHT.

[Blueberry]

Doesn't matter. In reality, their circulation is like 5,000 (about the same as two hgih school papers) for their daily, most of that being freebies on Korean Air flights. Koreans never read the Herald writes anyway (and that's the only thing that would concern me). It's just a tiny group of Koreans and contributors writing to, for, and about us--but we're the only audience. Relax.

[sinsanri]

Does the international hherald have a website and onlin epaper? I am aware of its print edition but have never sought out an online version.

[wylies99]

[ChinaBoy]

I'm boycotting!!! I absolutely promise to never read it or it's online version!!! Where do I sign up?

(Despite the fact that I've never even seen the paper or even know where to get it)

[Straphanger]

[Adventurer]

[Adventurer]

[Straphanger]

[Yesterday]

[Jane]

The IHT is the global edition of the New York Times.

Subscriptions can be done here: http://joongangdaily.joins.com/


The IHT's online site is www.iht.com.

Now, there is no excuse for reading the KT or the KH.